Serbia shines for the EXIT festival

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There�s plenty to do in this resurgent nation as 50,000 revellers turn out for a four-day party started to protest against Miloševic

It�s not an obvious destination, but with one of Europe�s best music festivals and blossoming tourism and culinary scenes Serbia�s an intriguing place to visit.

It doesn�t have the beaches and islands of Croatia and Montenegro, nor a wealth of ancient buildings to be explored. But that�s no surprise - Serbia has had a bloody and battered history at the heart of the Balkans since Roman times.

It was cherished by the Romans, before being battled over by, among others, the Huns, Byzantians, Bulgarians, Ottomans and Austro-Hungarians - and that was before the horrors of the 20th century�s two world wars.